The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STALE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Played out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STALE | 23 % | 5 |
| TRITE | 20 % | 5 |
| SPENT | 17 % | 5 |
| OLD | 13 % | 3 |
| TIRED | 10 % | 5 |
| UNREELED | 3 % | 8 |
| BANAL | 3 % | 5 |
| ENDED | 3 % | 5 |
| DOGTIRED | 3 % | 8 |
| ALLIN | 3 % | 5 |
Why may OLD be the right solution?
"Played out" is a phrase that means something is no longer fresh or new. "OLD" is a word that means something has been around for a long time and is no longer new, making it a fitting answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Played out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- exhausted
- fatigued
- spent
- worn-out
- tired
- worn out
- worn
- washed-out
- fagged
- outspent
- tuckered out
- fed up
Crossword Answer definitions
STALE noun- Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
- (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
- To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
- (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
- (alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
- Fallow, in reference to land.
- Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
- Taking a long time to change
- Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
- Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
- A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- The stem of a plant.
- The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
- To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
- A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- An ambush.
- A band of armed men or hunters.
- The main force of an army.
- To stalemate.
- To be stalemated.
- At a standstill; stalemated.
- (livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
- (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
- A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
- A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
- A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
- A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
- Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
- To serve as a decoy, to lure.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
More clues leading to the result SPENT
- Ready to collapse
- Shelled out
- Squandered
- Exhausted
- Tuckered out
- Done for
- Down the drain
- Pooped out
- Really tired
- Used up
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result TIRED
More clues leading to the result UNREELED
More clues leading to the result BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result ENDED
- All over
- Wrapped up
- Drew to a close
- Finished
- Over
- Wound up
- Came to a conclusion
- Through
- Pulled the plug on
- Finito
More clues leading to the result DOGTIRED
- Really weary
- Wiped out
- Bushed
- Beat
- Bone-weary
- Needing a rest
- Exhausted
- Bushed.
- All worn out: Colloq.
- Worn out: Colloq.